Pneumatic tire and rim construction



Oct. 7 1924. 1,510,709

A. H. SHOEMAKER .PEUMATIC TIRE AND RIM CONSTRUCTION Filed March 30 1920 3 Jaemaer 4 cordance with this invention; and Fig. 2

reame oa. 7, 1924.

UNITED *STATES ALVIN E.A SHOEMA'KEB, 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

PNEUKATIC TIRE .AND BIM CONSTRUCTION.

, 1920. Serial No. 369,960.

i Application led March 30 Toall wlwm z't ma concem: v

Be itflmown that ALVIN E. Suoi-naam, a citizenof the United States, resi at Seattle, in the county oflKing and tate of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Tire and Rim Constructions, of which the following is a specification. l

-My invention relates to improvements in pneumatic tire and rim constructions and v the object of my improvement is to provide a pneumatic tire and rim construction wherein the greater portion of theair from which the tire derives its resiliency and elasticity is contained within the rim instead ofA within the tire, the side walls common to pneumatic tires being dispensed with in my tire and the rim on which the tire., or tread is the usual side walls of the tire.

Another object is to rovide a tire and rim structure in which e bead of the tire lits over the outside ofthe bead receiving portion of the rim and one that is constructed in such a manner that `the expansive pressure of the air within the tire will cause the bead of the tire to be drawn tightly into contact with the bead receiving 'portion of the rim.

A further object is to' provide a pneumatic tire and rim construction embed a tire that may be readily placed on a one piece circular placed being extended to take the place of .Y A still further object is to provide a tire that is cheap to construct, that is durable and wears well, and one that is possessed of the resilient properties required of a. pneumatic tire. 1

` With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construetion, adaptation and combination of arts of a tire and rim construction asbe more clearly hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vview in cross section on a relatively large scale of a tire and rim constructed 'in acis a view in side elevation on a redueedfscale of such tire and rim, Acertain parts being breken laway to better reveal the internal construction of the same.

Like (reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawin the numeral 5 designates a circular rim t t is adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to awheel not shown. l y

The rim 5 is of'subst-antially semicircular cross sectional shape as shown in Fig. l and the annular edges of the rim are bent inwardly by a relatively sharp bend as at 6 and terminate-in curvedl portions 7 that are adapted to receive the overlapping bead portions 8'of a tire 10.

The tire 10 is provided with circular bead rings or cables 11 and has cords 12 that are embedded therein and preferably extend crosswise of the ltire and at substantially right angles to the plane of such tire.

The cords 12 are preferably alsingle cable that is wrapped back and forth around the bead rings as shown in Fig. 1 as the tire is built up and become a part of the tire when the same is cured.v

An air tight inner tube 13 of the usual form may be disposedwithin the rim 5 and 7 as shown and may be provided with a.

valve 14.

The tire 10 is without side walls and is Y similar to the tread portion of an ordinary pneumatic tire that has itsIside walls removed and has the bead rings 11 incorporated therein.'

The outer peripheral wall of the tire is substantiallyr a semi-circleas seen in cross section in ig. 1 with the center of curvature at A while the inner peripheral wall is arcuate shape and considerably less than a semicircle with the center of curvature at B soV that the tire is relatively thick and haavy in the center and tapers toward the e ges.

The cords 12 are embedded within the tire at a substantially constant distance from the inner wall of such tire so that asl seen in F ig. 1 their center of curvature is the point B.

The rim 5 is preferably circular with a SUED center of curvature at A and thevtirewhich A is drawn across'the open periphery of the rlm forms a somewhat flattened lside for the semi-circular air chamber within theirim.

The bead rings 11 are endless circular mebinders extending trom bead to bead traverse considerably less than half ot a complete circle described from the center B. rl`he expansive pressure of the air within the tire and rim will tend to cause the non-elastic binder cords 12 to approach an exact semicircular shape, and, Jowing to the i'act that the ends ci such cords are held by the nonelastic bead rings l2, this pressure will tend to draw the bead portions of the tire tightly inward against thebead receiving portions .ont the rim;

'llhe. tire may beplaced on the rim by crowding one side of the rind into the tire lar enough so that the opposite side of the tire may be slipped over the rim and then ad]ust1ng the tire all around so that the bead portions 8 of the tire ht the curve bead receiving portions of the rim.

When the tire is in use the tread portion thereof exes and absorbs shcclr like the tread portion of an ordinary pneumatic tire,

such tread portion Ming supported by and A deriving its resilience from the 'relatively large volume of compressed air most of which is contained within the rim 5.

ln this tire the side walls common to pneumatic tires are dispensed with and only a part that corresponds with and is similar to the tread portion of an ordinary .tire is used, thus making a tire of this torni relatively cheap in construction.

lF rom the foregoing description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings the advantages of the construction and opstood that the structure shown is merely Y illustrative and that such changes. may bev made as are within the scope of the following claims.

What l claim is l. A tire and rim construction ci the class described embodying a rigid rim having enternal bead receiving portions, and a tirebi pliable material having non-elastic bead rings in the edges thereof and havin reinforcing means extendin between sai bead rings and forming a su stantially non-elastic transverse binderbut leaving said tire tree to expand circumierentially exce t for said bead rings, said transverse bin er, as considered on any transverse section ot the tire, being short enon h so that, when the tire is indated, it wi form between said vbead portions an arc of less than a semicircle thereby causing said bead portions to be drawninwardlyagain'st the rim.

2. lin a tire and rim construction embodying a tire of elastic material having non-elastic bead rings in the edges thereof, reinforcing cords lextendin crosswise between said bead Jrings and forming a substantially transverse ALVJIN .ltlL SHEMAKER.. 

